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Schools in Nixon Township

Nixon Township’s public schools

DeLand-Weldon Community Unit School District 57 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Nixon Township. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/3schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 103% of students in Illinois’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
27%
2020–21
Math proficiency
17%
2020–21
Graduate on time
90%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$26.3K
▲ 22% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
7.3
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
173 students on the public path
In brief

Nixon Township’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Nixon Township’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Deland-Weldon Elem School places highest (better than 80%); Deland-Weldon Middle School lowest (22%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Nixon Township, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–5Deland-Weldon Elem Schoolin WeldonA−
6–8Deland-Weldon Middle Schoolin WeldonC−
9–12Deland-Weldon High Schoolin De LandB−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the DeLand-Weldon Community Unit School District 57.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

DeLand-Weldon Community Unit School District 57Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 173 students, down 3% since 2020–21 · 7.3 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$26,312IL $21,567 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2020–21

Below the state in reading

Reading27%
State average 29.9% · 79 students tested
Math17%
State average 25.8% · 81 students tested

Nixon Township vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Illinois towns that share Nixon Township’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Nixon Township—DeLand-Weldon Community Unit School District 57
Goose Creek—DeLand-Weldon Community Unit School District 57
Creek—Clinton Community Unit School District 15 PK–12 · DeLand-Weldon Community Unit School District 57 PK–12
De Witt—DeLand-Weldon Community Unit School District 57 PK–12 · Blue Ridge Community Unit School District 18 PK–12
Willow Branch—Monticello Community Unit School District 25
Friends CreekCArgenta-Oreana Community Unit School District 1

3 of the 5 neighbors share DeLand-Weldon Community Unit School District 57 with Nixon Township, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Nixon Township

3 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Illinois’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Nixon Townshipin other towns
Deland-Weldon Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Weldon
A−
100 students8:1Rate it →
Deland-Weldon Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Weldon
C−
28 students7:1Rate it →
Deland-Weldon High School
High · Grades 9–12 · De Land
B−
45 students6:1Rate it →

Questions about Nixon Township’s schools

Are Nixon Township’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Nixon Township. DeLand-Weldon Community Unit School District 57 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Nixon Township. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Nixon Township in?

DeLand-Weldon Community Unit School District 57.

Where do Nixon Township kids go to high school?

Deland-Weldon High School.

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School data: state test results (2020–21, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.